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Vanuatu launches coconut palm strategy
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About a million coconut trees will be planted in Vanuatu in the next decade, as the country tries to get the most out of the important crop. The Agriculture Minister, Matai Seremiah, this week launched the National Coconut...
Oceania
Vanuatu
‘Right time for Vanuatu to get out there and promote…’
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Donald Pelam, Vanuatu’s Trade Commissioner in Australia, says it is now opportune for the country to promote its products and services in overseas markets. He was recently interviewed in Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat programme in...
Oceania
Vanuatu
Trade & Economic Integration
Is the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance scheme an example of successful pooled service delivery?
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In a recent assessment of the success or otherwise of pooled service delivery initiatives in the Pacific island region, Matthew Dornan and I did not consider the World Bank-led Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance pilot as we felt...
Oceania
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Agriculture & Rural Development
Climate change & disaster risks
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
New training course 'Pathways to climate change adaptation: the case of Small Island Developing States'
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This free online course by the University of Geneva provides an overview of climate change adaptation for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with a focus on the environmental perspective. It will present the key concepts...
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Private Sector
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Alternative indicators of well-being for Melanesia: changing the way progress is measured in the South Pacific
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The UK-based New Economics Foundation first published “The Happy Planet Index: an index of human well-being and environmental impact” in 2006, in which countries were ranked in relation to three indicators of well-being: life...
Oceania
Vanuatu
Environment & green economy
Question and Answers: CRISTAL Tool - Any experience to share?
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Hello! I'm looking for experiences and tips on the use of the Community Based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRISTAL), can anyone help me? Best wishes, Laura
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